[arch-general] Future of 'kernel26'

[Paulo Santos]

Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 26.05.2011 14:48, schrieb Yaro Kasear:
>> On Thursday, May 26, 2011 02:57:49 Thomas Bächler wrote:
>>> Am 26.05.2011 06:28, schrieb XeCycle:
>>>> Perhaps we may provide alternative kernels? With names like
>>>> these, we may get a brand new project named "Arch Operating
>>>> System", providing Linux, BSD, Hurd or even more as kernels,
>>>> and users are free to choose any one. Well, this is really
>>>> interesting. It'd be the first OS to provide multiple
>>>> kernels!
>>>
>>> You know why nobody has done it before? Because it's not possible.
>>
>> I'm sure it's possible.
> 
> Ehm ... no. The suggestion was that someone would provide alternative
> kernels to Linux within the same set of binary packages.
> 
> You can't just "install hurd" or "install a BSD kernel" without
> rebuilding all your binaries for that particular kernel (in many cases,
> also the APIs change so you have to adjust your source code).
> Furthermore, this discussion is pointless.
> 

Either way, the distribution name is Arch _Linux_, which means the
kernel is linux. So either "linux" or "kernel" are valid names, being
linux implicit in "kernel".